Device for burning petroleum



(No Model.)

R. A.-BURY 8:; R. M. BIDELMAN.

DEVICE FOR BURNING PETROLEUM.

No. 268,077. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD A. BURY AND ROBERT M. BIDELMAN, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR BU RNING PETROLEUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,077, dated November28, 1882.

Application filed September 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD A. BURY and ROBERT M. BIDELMAN, ofAdrian,in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Devices for the Use of Petroleum as Fuel; and wehereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

. cook-stove. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective of the deflecting porousshield.

1n the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,our invention is shown as applied to the fire-box of a cookstove; but wedo not desire to confine ourselves to this particular class, as it isself-evident that our in vention may be employed with great benefit inthe furnaces of locomotives, stationary boilers, heating-stoves,andfurnaces.

A represents the fuef-chamber of the stove. The grate-surface of thefire-box or the position occupied by the grate is filled with a sheet ofasbestos, 15, which may be supported by the grate, or in any othersuitable manner. A deflecting and distributing shield, O, is placed,standing substantially in the position shown in the fire-box, so that acirculation may be obtained all around it. This shield is supported uponbrackets D, or in any other suitable manner which will allow of thecirculation.

E is a feed-pipe extending through the wall of the furnace andconnecting with an elevated reservoir, and this pipe is provided with asmall orifice at a, through which the contents of the elevated reservoirare discharged against the shield. The object of elevating the reservoiris to obtain a forcible discharge in this small jet, or the same resultmay be obtained by a sufficient pressure of air in the reservoir.

this covering will last indefinitely, as the only point where it will bedestroyed is immediately about the point against which thejet impinges.

In practice, when it is desired to light the fire a stopcock, b, in thefeed-pipe is opened, and the petroleum therein is forcibly ejected in avery smalljet against the side of the shield. A match is now applied tothe surface of the shield and the oil ignited, as the fire increases inheat and burns with an intense flame, giving but very little smoke, notsuflicient to render the use of this class of fuel at all objectionable.In its use no change in the construction of the furnaces is requiredexcept to accommodate the pipe E.

We are aware that many processes have been invented and experimentedwith for the purpose of economically utilizing evaporizing oils, likecrude petroleum for heating purposes, and hence we do not broadly'claimthe use of such material. We are unaware, however, that asbestus hasbeen used as an absorbent vaporizer for this purpose; hence What weclaim as our invention is 1. In combination with an elevated reservoirand a pipe leading therefrom having a regulating-cock and a contracteddischarge-orifice, a shield or wick of asbestus held in contact orjuxtaposition with such orifice, whereby the body of oil is separatedfrom the wick and the flow of such oil may be regulated at will, as setforth.

2. In combination with the fire-box of a stove or furnace, the elevatedreservoir having pipe E, cock I), and jet a, the shield O of asbestushaving wire-cloth covering, and the folding wire D, as and for thepurposes set forth.

RICHARD A. BURY. ROBERT M. BIDELMAN.

Vitnesses:

.H. S. SPRAGUE,

H. STANLEY.

